According to studies from Florida State University, there are on average 2.5 million defensive gun uses annually. Surely at least one of those people is a "good guy". Or are you looking for individual cases?
Well, when you have gun control advocates in Congress trying to pass laws regulating things that they know absolutely nothing about... you get the current state of affairs.
How Carolyn McCarthy thinks a heat shroud is a defining characteristic of an "assault weapon", and then describes it was "a shoulder thing that goes up".. yeah. Enjoy your laws.
Bullets can be matched up to a point. What you're describing are known an individual characteristics, which are the unique properties of each barrel. Those properties change through regular wear and tear, or by deliberate action such as running a file or other abrasive down the barrel. My hunting rifle is a tack driver, but over time it will start getting worse and worse due to wear. In my case, it will happen quickly as the rifle is a magnum. If I were a suspect, the cops would need to get hold of my rifle quickly before I go for target practice because the properties of my barrel would change. In my case, I'd go to the range and fire off a munch rounds in quick succession, heating up the barrel so it wears faster. My rifle is uncommon enough that just based on the class characteristics, it may be enough to stand up in court.
On certain rifles, such as anything from Savage or an AR, it's pretty easy to change out a barrel, or even change the caliber entirely. I can change out a Savage barrel in about 20 minutes.
Of course, this is assuming that you have a suspect and a rifle to test.
None of the rifles you linked to are assault rifles, and the definition of what an assault rifle is is most definitely settled. This vendor has absolutely no idea of what an assault rifle is (in one case, he's selling an "assalut" rifle), or is attempting to capitalize on idiots who think they're buying a rifle capable of select fire.
The guy who did that is an experienced manufacturer of AK-47 rifles, with access to all the right tools. The AK-47 is not a "precision" firearm to begin with, the fit and finish are pretty loose compared to other rifles, leading to it's legendary reliability.
Well, there's the difference between Oz and the US. In the US, we have these things called 'rights', which are inherent in every citizen. Our Constitution and Bill of Rights are a collection of rules that protect these rights from the government- this is one reason why the 18th Amendment failed so spectacularly. One of these rights says that we get to keep things that go bang. That's why we don't have to justify owning a gun. A citizen shouldn't have to justify anything to his government.
I had a similar problem with my wife's insulin pump manufacturer. The unit is controlled by a wireless PDA. I read everything I could about the unit, but as a penetration tester, I was concerned that their security was not up to standard. I emailed and phoned the company, who flatly refused to disclose the details of their wireless technology or how it was secured. I even offered to sign a non-disclosure agreement. They just said "trust us, it's really complicated stuff". Fast forward a couple of years, and it appears that someone has indeed, broken their layer of obscurity. I've seen papers detailing how it may be possible to send commands to the pump to deliver the entire insulin reservoir. I again contacted the company, one of their managers answered "Who would want to do a thing like that?". I guess he never heard of 'For the Lulz'.
Maybe we can have this conversation once you've stopped jumping up and down on your soapbox. Until you stop letting your obvious dislike for our elected officials blind your judgement, you're little more than a troll.
Back when I was playing, I put a lot of thought into suggesting what could be done to fix the problem with the cross-server 5man randoms. A reputation system came to mind, but the problem with this is that the system would get gamed by griefers. Even with perfect play, some people would rate down everyone in the party just for the lulz. In my situation, I was fortunate enough to have most of the asshats coming from a single server. But I realized that any system that relied on player input was going to be ripe for abuse. The extended dungeon cooldown timer for ragequitters didn't do anything to relieve any of the problems either.
None of this is a mitigating factor for his actions. Even if they were experimenting on baby pandas and he disagreed with that, is it this still a valid affirmative defense? No. Feelings for cute baby pandas aside, if they were legally experimenting on these baby pandas, his actions are not defensible. There is NO possible scenario where he can assert an affirmative defense for his actions.
Oh maybe this is actually the Umbrella corporation, and they were making ready to release the T-virus? Yeah, that's the ticket.
Try taking a Criminal Justice 101 class, or any pre-Law class before discussing this topic again, please.
The "what" is the crime. This is the most important part. Let's take a murder since you seem so fond of it.
I've murdered you. This is the crime.
The "why" or motive, is nowhere near as important, and is generally not even considered to be an element of the crime. Nobody argues motive in a burglary, just that the burglary happened. "Why" is usually only important in murder, since we've sliced homicide into types of offenses. Why did I murder you? You posted a silly comment on Slashdot. Is this more important than the fact that I murdered you? No, but it helps dictate what crime I may be guilty of. We can use motive as a mitigating factor. Self-defense springs to mind. I had to kill you before you posted again. I'd probably walk, especially if this was Florida.
So let's look at the crime with the facts we know: Our guy here, using an account and password that he was not authorized to use, accessed a network he was not authorized to access, and proceeded to delete 15 VMWare images.
Please tell me a legally cogent "why" that can be used as a defense for these actions?
I've seen plenty of examples of MBAs who have behaved far beyond the pale, ethically. Just because it's a core requirement for a degree doesn't mean a person may actually learn anything from it. It's been my experience that MBAs behave the least ethically of all the people I've worked with.
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Asshole, the money is going to pay my salary. You don't get to know how I spend it.
It pays to be specific.
According to studies from Florida State University, there are on average 2.5 million defensive gun uses annually. Surely at least one of those people is a "good guy". Or are you looking for individual cases?
Well, when you have gun control advocates in Congress trying to pass laws regulating things that they know absolutely nothing about... you get the current state of affairs.
How Carolyn McCarthy thinks a heat shroud is a defining characteristic of an "assault weapon", and then describes it was "a shoulder thing that goes up".. yeah. Enjoy your laws.
Barrels are not serialized.
Bullets can be matched up to a point. What you're describing are known an individual characteristics, which are the unique properties of each barrel. Those properties change through regular wear and tear, or by deliberate action such as running a file or other abrasive down the barrel. My hunting rifle is a tack driver, but over time it will start getting worse and worse due to wear. In my case, it will happen quickly as the rifle is a magnum. If I were a suspect, the cops would need to get hold of my rifle quickly before I go for target practice because the properties of my barrel would change. In my case, I'd go to the range and fire off a munch rounds in quick succession, heating up the barrel so it wears faster. My rifle is uncommon enough that just based on the class characteristics, it may be enough to stand up in court.
On certain rifles, such as anything from Savage or an AR, it's pretty easy to change out a barrel, or even change the caliber entirely. I can change out a Savage barrel in about 20 minutes.
Of course, this is assuming that you have a suspect and a rifle to test.
9mm > 5.56mm
None of the rifles you linked to are assault rifles, and the definition of what an assault rifle is is most definitely settled. This vendor has absolutely no idea of what an assault rifle is (in one case, he's selling an "assalut" rifle), or is attempting to capitalize on idiots who think they're buying a rifle capable of select fire.
This is so phenomenally stupid, it has to be satire.
Tomatoe, tomahto
I'll take you up on that challenge.
The guy who did that is an experienced manufacturer of AK-47 rifles, with access to all the right tools. The AK-47 is not a "precision" firearm to begin with, the fit and finish are pretty loose compared to other rifles, leading to it's legendary reliability.
Is my dog always going to be awake, uninjured and in the same room as me?
Well, there's the difference between Oz and the US. In the US, we have these things called 'rights', which are inherent in every citizen. Our Constitution and Bill of Rights are a collection of rules that protect these rights from the government- this is one reason why the 18th Amendment failed so spectacularly. One of these rights says that we get to keep things that go bang. That's why we don't have to justify owning a gun. A citizen shouldn't have to justify anything to his government.
Are other sorts of violent deaths acceptable to you?
Yes, there are societies out in the world where murder is socially accepted. In some cases, it's expected.
These guys stole Bitcoins? As the saying goes, "and nothing of value was lost".
I had a similar problem with my wife's insulin pump manufacturer. The unit is controlled by a wireless PDA. I read everything I could about the unit, but as a penetration tester, I was concerned that their security was not up to standard. I emailed and phoned the company, who flatly refused to disclose the details of their wireless technology or how it was secured. I even offered to sign a non-disclosure agreement. They just said "trust us, it's really complicated stuff". Fast forward a couple of years, and it appears that someone has indeed, broken their layer of obscurity. I've seen papers detailing how it may be possible to send commands to the pump to deliver the entire insulin reservoir. I again contacted the company, one of their managers answered "Who would want to do a thing like that?". I guess he never heard of 'For the Lulz'.
You're watching the wrong kind of porn
It's a Top Gun reference.
Maybe we can have this conversation once you've stopped jumping up and down on your soapbox. Until you stop letting your obvious dislike for our elected officials blind your judgement, you're little more than a troll.
Back when I was playing, I put a lot of thought into suggesting what could be done to fix the problem with the cross-server 5man randoms. A reputation system came to mind, but the problem with this is that the system would get gamed by griefers. Even with perfect play, some people would rate down everyone in the party just for the lulz. In my situation, I was fortunate enough to have most of the asshats coming from a single server. But I realized that any system that relied on player input was going to be ripe for abuse. The extended dungeon cooldown timer for ragequitters didn't do anything to relieve any of the problems either.
None of this is a mitigating factor for his actions. Even if they were experimenting on baby pandas and he disagreed with that, is it this still a valid affirmative defense? No. Feelings for cute baby pandas aside, if they were legally experimenting on these baby pandas, his actions are not defensible. There is NO possible scenario where he can assert an affirmative defense for his actions.
Oh maybe this is actually the Umbrella corporation, and they were making ready to release the T-virus? Yeah, that's the ticket.
Try taking a Criminal Justice 101 class, or any pre-Law class before discussing this topic again, please.
The "what" is the crime. This is the most important part. Let's take a murder since you seem so fond of it.
I've murdered you. This is the crime.
The "why" or motive, is nowhere near as important, and is generally not even considered to be an element of the crime. Nobody argues motive in a burglary, just that the burglary happened. "Why" is usually only important in murder, since we've sliced homicide into types of offenses. Why did I murder you? You posted a silly comment on Slashdot. Is this more important than the fact that I murdered you? No, but it helps dictate what crime I may be guilty of. We can use motive as a mitigating factor. Self-defense springs to mind. I had to kill you before you posted again. I'd probably walk, especially if this was Florida.
So let's look at the crime with the facts we know: Our guy here, using an account and password that he was not authorized to use, accessed a network he was not authorized to access, and proceeded to delete 15 VMWare images.
Please tell me a legally cogent "why" that can be used as a defense for these actions?
He resigned. It's sort of all on him at this point.
I've seen plenty of examples of MBAs who have behaved far beyond the pale, ethically. Just because it's a core requirement for a degree doesn't mean a person may actually learn anything from it. It's been my experience that MBAs behave the least ethically of all the people I've worked with.